FNUS72 KMFL 232237 FWSMFL SPOT FORECAST FOR DEEP FIRE...FLORIDA PANTHER NWR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 637 PM EDT THU APR 23 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1830 EDT ON APRIL 23. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM EDT FRIDAY... .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA. THIS WILL RESULT IN DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE HIGH WILL STRENGTHEN ON FRIDAY...RESULTING IN INCREASING EASTERLY WINDS AT THE SURFACE AND THROUGH THE MIXING LAYER FRIDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE EARLY EVENING...RH'S WILL CONTINUE BELOW 35 PERCENT OVER MUCH OF INTERIOR SOUTH FLORIDA. WINDS WILL RELAX OVERNIGHT...AND WITH CLEAR SKIES...PATCHY FOG IS POSSIBLE WHICH COULD BECOME LOCALLY DENSE ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF THE WILDFIRE OVER CENTRAL RURAL COLLIER COUNTY. WINDS FRIDAY WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE EAST...LEADING TO HIGHER DISPERSION ALONG WITH A SLIGHT MODIFICATION IN RH'S. STILL...RH'S COULD TUMBLE BELOW 35 PERCENT OVER NORTHWEST INTERIOR AREAS ACROSS GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES WITH THE SAME CONDITIONS OVER COLLIER COUNTY BUT WITH A HIGHER 20 FOOT WINDS NEAR 15 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT). PATCHY SMOKE THROUGH THE NIGHT. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60. MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT. DEWPOINT............63. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-500 FT AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING WINDS........EAST 5 TO 8 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....27 DECREASING TO 3 AFTER MIDNIGHT. LVORI...............6. TIME (EDT) 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM 6 AM SKY (%).........24 19 14 10 10 10 WEATHER COV.....PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY WEATHER TYPE....SMOKE SMOKE SMOKE FOG FOG FOG CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 TEMP............76 72 67 65 63 61 RH..............59 74 86 87 92 99 20 FT WIND......SW5 S 5 E 4 E 3 E 3 E 2 20 FT WIND GUST.9 9 10 5 5 5 EYE LEVEL WIND..SW 5 S 5 E 4 E 3 E 3 E 2 EYE LVL WIND G..9 9 10 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)....3000 3000 500 500 500 300 MIXNG WIND......SE 8 SE 8 SE 7 E 6 E 6 E 5 DISP IDX (LDSI).27 27 3 3 3 2 LVORI...........3 3 5 6 6 9 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG AND SMOKE EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88. MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT. DEWPOINT............66. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO 14 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS 5 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO 14 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......2200-4000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........EAST AROUND 7 MPH INCREASING TO 17 TO 25 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....25 INCREASING TO 48 LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 81 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 66 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. LVORI...............2. $$ FORECASTER...RADER REQUESTED BY...JOSH O CONNOR TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE